LEAN BY HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE (PART II)

That was my problem. I had labor day weekend then some laziness on my part and then a birthday. I'm doing better this week with both food and exercise and it's starting to come back off again. I'm almost back to where I was at my lowest. I'm hoping to be there by the weekend and then do my best to make better choices this weekend.

You can tell what kind of month it's been by my signature. It says I weighed in at 172 on Sept. 8 and today is the 23rd. But the good news is that I did some measurements this morning and those are coming down nicely. I've lost a total of about 3-4 inches all over since I last did that. My birthday is next week and I'm hoping to see another drop in pounds before then. This will be my lightest birthday in over 10 years. I'm so excited!!!

Sometimes it is good to reassess your goals. And sometimes we lose weight slower than other times. Glad we’re getting back on track….as you see I didn’t weigh in a few times and the scale really reflected that. I thought I’d be farther along by now, but I’m still happy with my loss here is my most recent weigh-in:

Lean by Halloween Weigh-ins:
GW: 164lbs

SW(7/4/11): 185.8
W1(7/8/11): 184
W2(7/15/11):182.6
W3(7/22/11):179.4
W4(7/29/11):179.0
W5(8/5/11):(missed weigh-in…camping)
W6(8/13/11):177.6
W7(8/19/11):(missed)
W8(8/26/11):(missed)
W9(9/2/11):176.8
W10(9/9/11):175.6
W11(9/17/11):(missed)
W12(9/24/11):174.8
Weight Lost: 11lb

Definitely glad to see the scale move this morning, seeing that I went over on my cals yesterday. Keep up the great work you guys!! We’re heading towards the final stretch

sorry to report a .6lb gain!! ticker updated

7/01 - 223.0
7/08 - 222.4 (-0.6)
7/15 - 219.0 (-3.4)
7/22 - 216.8 (-2.2)
7/29 - 214.6 (-2.2)
8/05 - 214.6 (-0.0)
8/12 - 211.8 (-2.8)
8/19 - 209.8 (-2.0)
8/26 - 208.2 (-1.6)
9/02 - 207.2 (-1.0)
9/09 - 204.6 (-2.6)
9/16 - 204.6 (-0.0)
9/23 - 204.0 (-0.6)
9/30 -
10/7 -
10/14-
10/21-
10/28-
10/31-

GOAL - 190 lbs.

Just ordered a pedometer and heart rate monitor. I'm joining a 10,000 steps a day Oct. group to help boost my weight loss and I'm hoping to get a better idea of actually how many calories I'm burning during my workouts. Hopefully I'm not too far off with the calculator I've been using. I've been stalled for almost a month partly by my own doing and I really need to get back on track. I keep saying that and so far it's not working but seeing that the scale hasn't moved in a month is depressing me, especially since today is my birthday. I'm in a bummed mood. Tomorrow WILL be better.

My short term goal is to lose 6 pounds, can i do that by halloween?

SW: 149
Wk #1: 148 (1lb)
Wk #2: 147 (1lb)
Wk#3: 146 (1lb)
WK#4: 145 (1lb)
WK#5: 142.5 (2.5lb)
WK#6: 140 (2.5lb)
WK#7: 139 (1lb)- no gym in a week from foot injury which stinks
WK#8: 136 (3) -still no gym just counting calories...
WK#9: 133.5 (-2.5)
WK#10: 133.5 (-0)
WK#11: 131.5 (-2)
WK#12: 130.5 (-1)
WK#13: 128.5 (-2)
WK#14:
WK#15:
WK#16:

So my goal was to reach 130 by Halloween and I DID! I think I may aim for 120 since I have 8 lbs to go and another month left until the holiday. :-)

I don't think anything differently, although When i started it was July 1st so i had 2 months of "summer" so my calorie burns were about 800 for 6 days a week. Now i'm lucky if I can get in to the gym 4 times a week. Plus I'm not a big sweets person (i love carbs soooo much more) so usually treats aren't a huge temptation so I'm sure it helped.

Congrats to Meg!! Way to go!

7/01 - 223.0
7/08 - 222.4 (-0.6)
7/15 - 219.0 (-3.4)
7/22 - 216.8 (-2.2)
7/29 - 214.6 (-2.2)
8/05 - 214.6 (-0.0)
8/12 - 211.8 (-2.8)
8/19 - 209.8 (-2.0)
8/26 - 208.2 (-1.6)
9/02 - 207.2 (-1.0)
9/09 - 204.6 (-2.6)
9/16 - 204.6 (-0.0)
9/23 - 204.0 (-0.6)
9/30 - 202.2 (-1.8)
10/7 -
10/14-
10/21-
10/28-
10/31-

GOAL - ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!! :bigsmile: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

7/1 - 189.0 starting weight for the challenge
7/8 - 189.8
7/15 - 187.4
7/22 - 186.2
7/29 - 184.0
8/5 - 182.0
8/12 - 180.8
8/19 - 180.6
8/26 - 178.6
9/2 - 178.4
9/9 - 177.0
9/16- 175.4
9/23 - 174.0
9/30 - 174.0

Total lost to date 15 lbs. The ticker says one pound more because I was down a pound eight days ago. Bah.
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My favorite month...October!!!!

8/24 - 178
8/27 - 175
9/3 - 172
9/10 - 172
9/17 - 169
9/24 - 168
10/1 - 165
10/8
10/15
10/22
10/29

Only have TWO more pounds to reach my goal! Then I will have lost all the weight I gained with my last pregnancy! Still won't be at my real pre-pregnacy weight (this was my 4th child), but hey's it's a start. So happy right now.

Still 137lb